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Small plane crashes at Skyranch Airport

News Sentinel Staff
Published 6:26 a.m. ET June 23, 2016

A small, private airplane crashed into a building Thursday morning, June 23, 2016, at Skyranch Airport, 3535 Alcoa Highway. The pilot was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment. (KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT)(Photo: KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT)

KNOXVILLE — A small private plane crashed into a metal building Thursday morning at Skyranch Airport on Alcoa Highway in South Knoxville.

Firefighters responded about 8:45 a.m. and found a single-engine Grumman Yankee plane nosed about one-fourth of the way into the side of the building at the private airport, according to Knoxville Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran.

The pilot was alert and conscious and told firefighters that he only remembered landing the plane safely, Corcoran said. The pilot, whose name was not released, and the plane are based at Skyranch Airport.

He was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment. His condition was not immediately available.

The Knoxville Police Department and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the accident.

The airport covers about 30 acres, has two hangars and a clubhouse alongside Fort Loudoun Lake, according to its website.

More details as they develop online and in Friday's News Sentinel.

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